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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000

2000, as CIESIN’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 covers 215 countries. Guyana is highest, at 79.5061; 43 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 3.0571. Against 1990, 172 values changed (85 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation · Data for 2000

HighestGuyana

79.5061

Lowest43 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 215 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000: every country, as published by Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University.
GuyanaGUYSouth America79.5061
SurinameSURSouth America71.8342
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia68.1029
GreenlandGRLNorthern America58.3101
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe56.4581
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia52.8950
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe52.3888
TuvaluTUVPolynesia38.4293
BahrainBHRWestern Asia33.4543
KiribatiKIRMicronesia32.8582
BelizeBLZCentral America32.0969
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.8168
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa29.2150
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia29.1963
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean28.3467
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean26.0251
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia25.5510
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia21.5009
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean19.2998
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa19.2377
TongaTONPolynesia18.2880
FijiFJIMelanesia17.9817
NauruNRUMicronesia17.6829
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia17.5330
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa16.1328

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guyana79.5061
  2. Suriname71.8342
  3. Marshall Islands68.1029
  4. Greenland58.3101
  5. Gibraltar56.4581

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. Uzbekistanshared0.0000
  4. Ugandashared0.0000
  5. Turkmenistanshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.0571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 2000

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 172values changed, of 215 in both
  • 85 · 87rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from CIESIN’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • 173 distinct values among 215

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 43 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2000). Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-elevation-population/2000

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07Questions

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest people living in low-lying coastal areas in Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000?

Guyana, at 79.5061, of the 215 countries in the file.

What year does Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 cover?

215.

Where can I download Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015.

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